vb.org Archive - vB404 Error Page

Time To Install: 1 Minute

Live Demo: http://www.digitaltoxicity.net/URL-THAT-DOESN'T-EXIST

What Is it?:
vB404 is a very simple yet effective alternative to using the stock web server 404 redirect pages. This extention uses your vbulletin board, to display the 404 error, and also give the user an option of doing a search on your site only within google, as well as your forum search. This hack is only one template addition, and one file upload, and one file creation, or edit.

You MUST have either .htaccess support, or some other 404 page redirect supported by your web server.

Install Directions:
1. Upload 404.php to your forums directory.

2. Add the following template to your forums style:
Name: 404_error

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">

<head>

<if condition="$show['search_noindex']">

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />

</if>

$headinclude

<title>$pagetitle</title>

$headinsert

</head>

<body>

$header <if condition="$navbar"> $navbar <else /> <br />

<br />

<br />

</if>

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0" width="100%" valign="top">

  <tr>

    <td class="thead">Sorry, the page you requested could not be found.</td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="100%" class="alt1"> Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you're having trouble locating a destination on my site, try going to <a href="/">the main page</a>. Also, you may find what you're looking for if you try searching below. <br>

      <br>

      <table width="400"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>

          <form action="http://www.google.com/search" name="searchbox" method="get" style="margin-left: 2em;" />

          <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" />

          <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />

          <input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="$domain" />

          <td nowrap>Search The Site on Google:</td>

          <td><input maxlength="256" size="40" name="q" class="bginput" value="" /></td>

          <td><input type="submit" value="Search" name="btnG" class="button" /></td>

          </form>

        </tr>

      </table>

      <table width="400"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>

          <form action="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php" method="post">

          <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="showposts" value="0" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="quicksearch" value="1" />

                  <input type="hidden" name="s" value="" />

          <td align="right" nowrap>Search The Forums:</td>

          <td><input maxlength="256" size="40" class="bginput" name="query" value="" /></td>

          <td><input type="submit" value="Search" class="button" /></td>

          </form>

        </tr>

      </table>

      <br></td>

  </tr>

</table>

<if condition="!$show['enableforumjump']">

<!-- forum jump -->

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">

  <tr>

    <td>$forumjump</td>

  </tr>

</table>

<!-- / forum jump -->

</if> <br />

$footer

</body>

</html>

3. Create or edit an .htaccess file in the very root of your site, and add the following lines:

Code:

#    "404 Not Found",

ErrorDocument  404  /path/to/404.php

Replace path/to with your forums path. For example, mine reads:
ErrorDocument 404 /forums/404.php

4. Click the Install Button!

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01082 seconds Memory Usage 1,739KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (2)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (1)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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